Buddy VPN vs Countdown! Reminders and Timer
Buddy VPN
Frederic Hennes Sprl
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 244K installs
VS
Countdown! Reminders and Timer
霞 王
App Store
$98/mo
~$1.2K/yr · 4K installs
Revenue winner
Countdown! Reminders and Timer wins
+9800% vs other
Installs winner
Buddy VPN wins
+6500% vs other
MAU winner
Buddy VPN wins
+6613% vs other
Rating winner
Buddy VPN wins
+5% vs other
Why Countdown! Reminders and Timer is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Countdown! Reminders and Timer earns roughly 98× more per month than Buddy VPN - $98 vs $0.
- Subscription model. Countdown! Reminders and Timer runs a $0.49/mo subscription that compounds; Buddy VPN relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- More monetization surfaces. Countdown! Reminders and Timer runs 5 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Buddy VPN
vs
Countdown! Reminders and Timer
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$0
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$98
Annual revenue (est.)
$0
▶
$1.2K
Lifetime installs (est.)
244K
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4K
Monthly active users (est.)?
29K
◀
432.9
App Store rating
4.77★
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4.53★
Total ratings
3K
◀
74
US grossing rank
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=
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Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
▶
$0.49
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
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5 tiers
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 10, 2025
- Last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- File size
- 92.2 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 1.2.3
- Languages
- English, Russian, Spanish
- Category
- Utilities
- Price
- USD0.99
- Released
- Oct 25, 2018
- Last updated
- Mar 30, 2026
- File size
- 112.8 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 5.0.0
- Languages
- English, Chinese
Buddy VPN trajectory
Countdown! Reminders and Timer trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Buddy VPN or Countdown! Reminders and Timer? v
Countdown! Reminders and Timer earns about $98 per month, while Buddy VPN earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$98 more per month for Countdown! Reminders and Timer). Annual revenue: Buddy VPN ≈ $0/year, Countdown! Reminders and Timer ≈ $1.2K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Buddy VPN or Countdown! Reminders and Timer? v
Buddy VPN leads with about 244K estimated downloads vs 4K for Countdown! Reminders and Timer - a 66.0× gap. Buddy VPN's App Store downloads are estimated from 3K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Countdown! Reminders and Timer's App Store downloads are estimated from 74 ratings.
Are Buddy VPN and Countdown! Reminders and Timer in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Utilities category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Buddy VPN and Countdown! Reminders and Timer offer? v
Buddy VPN: no IAP detected on the public listing. Countdown! Reminders and Timer: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Buddy VPN runs a "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)" monetization model; Countdown! Reminders and Timer runs "Paid app ($0.99)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Buddy VPN or Countdown! Reminders and Timer? v
Buddy VPN edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Buddy VPN 3K ratings, Countdown! Reminders and Timer 74 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Buddy VPN vs Countdown! Reminders and Timer revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $0 for Buddy VPN and $98 for Countdown! Reminders and Timer are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Utilities) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Buddy VPN or Countdown! Reminders and Timer to a different App Store app? v
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